Baling-press



J. GARMAN.

BALING PRESS.

Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

(No Model.)

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vUNITED f STATES Artnr FFICE JOHN GARMAN, OF EBENSBURG, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DAVID E. EVANS, OF GAMBRIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BALINc-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,156, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed December 8, 1887, Serial No. 257.332. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit knownthat I, JOHN GARMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ebensburg, in the county ofGambria and State of Pennsy lvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a' it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts thereof. which will be more fully hereinafter described, and particuA larly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a machinefor facilitating haylbaling, the construction being simple and effective, strong and durable, easily handled and readily understood, and comparatively inexpensive of manufacture. I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in Which- Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a baling-press, one side thereof broken away to show my improvement in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of a baling-box, showing a portion of the plunger and the follower in operative position.

A indicates the baling press proper, which may be of any preferred form of construction, having a suitable baling-box, B, and a feedopening, G.

My improvement consists in providing the opposing sides of the feed-opening with strips a a to form a guideway, as shown, and with springs D D, which are secured to opposite outer sides of the machine, forming the walls of the feed-opening. The rear ends of said springs D are bifurcated at right angles to the longitudinal length of the same, .as at d, said bifurcations projecting through openings in the side of the machine and situated immediately under the strips a c. One branch of each of said bifurcated ends d of the springs D is reenforced in construction by being enlarged, as shown.

When the material forming each bale has been sufficiently pressed, and it is desired to use a divisionefollower, NV, itis slid downward through the guideways a and engages with the inner projecting portions ofthe bifurcations d of the springs D, and is thereby held in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. l. The plunger V, in its rearward motion, will strike the beveled ends of the springs D, force the latter outward, thus freeing the follower W, so that it will be carried forward into the baling-box against the hay or straw by the plunger. The inner projecting ends of the bifurcations el of the springs D, which are first engaged by the plunger, are beveled, as shown at d', so as to allow the plunger to ride thereover and press the springs D outward. By this means the follower is allowed to become disengaged from the said springs and be pressed forward with the plunger. As the entire plunger while pressing never passes beyond the bifurcations of springs D, no resistance is offered by the latter to the retraction of the plunger.

The utility of my improved device being obviously apparent, it is unnecessary to enlarge upon the same further herein.

I claim- The combination, in a baling-press, of a baling-box havinga feed-opening and followerguides therein, with .the springs D, bifurcated and beveled, as shown and described, said springs being located below said guides, with their bifurcated or free ends registering with the guides, whereby a follower may be directed into position and retained until carried forward by the plunger.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GARMAN. Witnesses:

J. W. LEECH, ALVIN Evans. 

